SELECTED WORKS

2017 - 19

Installation shot from Kristian Evju's solo show at Galleri Semmingsen in Oslo, 2017. Paintings and drawings in the project Machinations.

Solo show Machinations at Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo, 2017

Rasputin’s Hand

2017

120 x 120 cm, acrylic on linen

Poster painting for Machinations, solo show at Galleri Semmingsen 2017.

Front cover of Feelgood Magazine, 2017.

Private collection, Norway.

Drawing by Kristian Evju. Incriminations VI (2019) 30 x 40 cm, pencil on paper with acrylic. Mugshot used in exhibition for Black Lives Matter 2020

Incriminations VI

2019

30 x 40 cm, pencil on paper with acrylic

Drawing from early 20th century mugshot archives showing a woman looking into her own eyes drawn on the face of a another

Shown as part of the Black Lives Matter support exhibition Weighing In at C24 Gallery in New York, 2020

Selected by Sir Tim Rice for ING Discerning Eye 2019

Private collection, USA

Painting by Kristian Evju. The Ties that Bind (2018) 150 x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas.

The Ties that Bind

2018

150 x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas

This painting was the first in a series of works painted with a sap green acrylic colour and water. The pigment was selected for its glowing, translucent quality, which adds an extraordinary depth when layered.

Private collection, Switzerland.

Drawing by Kristian Evju. Bindings I (2018) 25 x 30 cm, pencil on paper. Shown at House of St Barnabas by Paul Carey-Kent. Private Swiss collection

Bindings I

2018

25 x 30 cm, pencil on paper.

Shown as part of Intensity at House of St Barnabas, curated by Paul Carey-Kent.

Private collection, Vienna.

Painting by Kristian Evju. Interventions IV (2019) 60 x 100 cm, acrylic on paper on wood_aluminium_perspex. Awarded the Figurative Art Prize 2021, Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

Interventions IV

2019

60 x 100 cm, acrylic on paper on wood, aluminium and perspex

Awarded the Figurative Art Prize 2021 - Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London.

Private collection, Vienna.

Painting by Kristian Evju. The Ties that Bind II (2019) 150 x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas

The Ties that Bind II

2019

150 x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas

Private collection, Switzerland

Solo show by Kristian Evju at Arusha Gallery. Perfect Strangers. Painting. The Ties That Bind II installation shot, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019

Solo show Perfect Strangers at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, 2018

“The series Machinations is a comment on the growing suspicion towards information and a growing disillusionment towards our own recording of reality.

I am exploring browsing-culture and social constructs by assembling photographic information slowly and meticulously with pencil on paper. These become frozen moments that are made up of fragmented factoids, but eventually represent narratives as concentrates - similar to a film trailer. I believe this way of working might function as a synergetic mirroring of how we construct our narration of reality, and sense of self.”

Kristian Evju (2017)


Machinations III (2016) 90 x 90 cm, pencil on paper. Punchcard series. Machinations series. Drawing by Kristian Evju. Shown at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Galleri Semmingsen, framed by London Circular Framing Company

Machinations III

2016

100 x 100 cm, pencil on paper

Shown at Evju & Evju, Laagdalsmuseet, 2019

Drawing by Kristian Evju. Incriminations IX (2019) 30 x 40 cm, pencil on paper with acrylic. Nominated for Derwent Prize, ING Discerning Eye.

Incriminations IX

2019

30 x 40 cm, pencil on paper with acrylic

Shortlisted for the Derwent Drawing Prize, 2022

Selected by Sir Tim Rice for Discerning Eye, 2019

Bindings V (2019) 40 x 45 cm, pencil on paper. Shown at Isai Museum of Art, Romania 2020. And Lågdal Museum, Norway 2019. Drawing by Kristian Evju

Bindings V

2019

40 x 45 cm, pencil on paper

Exhibited at Isai Museum of Art, Romania 2020 and Laagdalsmuséet, Norway 2019.

The Ties That Bind (2018) 120 x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas. Painting detail by Kristian Evju.

The Ties that Bind III, progress detail, 2018

Painting by Kristian Evju. Perfect Strangers (2019) 20 x 20 cm (x5), acrylic on wood. Arusha gallery solo show, 2019.

Perfect Strangers

2018

20 x 20 x 5cm, acrylic on wood panels

Exhibited at the solo show Perfect Strangers at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh 2018

“Evju is reluctant to provide verbal solutions to what his works represent. He is happy to share his references, but any interpretation is up to the viewer.”

Lars Elton,
Art Critic (2017)


Painting by Kristian Evju. Private commission (2017) 75 x 100 cm, acrylic on linen. Velvet Bloom series.

Velvet Bloom XIX ii

2017

75 x 100 cm, acrylic on linen

Private commission, Norway

Painting by artist Kristian Evju. Titan (2018) 150 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas

Titan

2018

150 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas

Private collection, Switzerland

Painting by artist Kristian Evju. Clerics of The Sun (2019) 120 x 150 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Clerics of The Sun

2019

120 x 150 cm, acrylic on canvas

Drawing by artist Kristian Evju. Instructions V and VI (2017) pencil on paper with acrylics, perspex and wood - installation shot Galleri Semmingsen solo show 2017

Instructions V & VI

2017

43 x 53.5 cm, pencil on paper with acrylics, perspex and wood. Diptych.

Installation photo from the solo show Machinations at Galleri Semmingsen, 2017

Private collection, Norway

Drawing by artist Kristian Evju. Machinations IV (2017) 110 x 100 cm, pencil on paper

Machinations VI

2017

110 x 100 cm, pencil on paper

Private collection, China